It always has an object. It's a transitive verb.
He raised his hat to the lady.
- To rise . rose . risen = to stand up, to get up, to ascend.
It doesn't have an object. It's an intransitive verb.
Everybody rose when he entered the room.
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Carry or Fetch? Bring or Take?
- To Carry means only to transport, without any relation to the speaker's position.
She carried her bags from the train to the taxi.
- To Fetch means to go from the place of speaking, find something and bring it back to the place of starting.
Please, fetch me some coke when you go there to buy yours.
- To Bring means to carry to the place where the speaker is.
The postman brought a letter to her yesterday.
- To Take means to carry from the place where the speaker is.
The mother took away the knife from the baby.
She carried her bags from the train to the taxi.
- To Fetch means to go from the place of speaking, find something and bring it back to the place of starting.
Please, fetch me some coke when you go there to buy yours.
- To Bring means to carry to the place where the speaker is.
The postman brought a letter to her yesterday.
- To Take means to carry from the place where the speaker is.
The mother took away the knife from the baby.
The Past Progressive Tense
Uses:
1. Something was happening continuously in the past.
It was raining all day yesterday.
2. Something was happening when something else happened.
I was reading when he gave me a ring.
3. Something was happening at the same time as something else was happening.
She was singing as I was talking.
4. Intention in the past with these verbs: going to, planning to, trying to.
I was going to tell you but I forgot it.
5. Reported Speech.
He is looking out of the window.
She said he was looking out of the window.
Special Notes
The Past Progressive Tense is the most usual form in time clauses introduced by as, when and while.
1. Something was happening continuously in the past.
It was raining all day yesterday.
2. Something was happening when something else happened.
I was reading when he gave me a ring.
3. Something was happening at the same time as something else was happening.
She was singing as I was talking.
4. Intention in the past with these verbs: going to, planning to, trying to.
I was going to tell you but I forgot it.
5. Reported Speech.
He is looking out of the window.
She said he was looking out of the window.
Special Notes
The Past Progressive Tense is the most usual form in time clauses introduced by as, when and while.
The Past Simple Tense
Uses:
1. It is used for actions completed in the past ast a definite time.
I met her yesterday.
2. It is used when the time is asked about.
When did you meet her?
3. When the action clearly took place at a definite time, even though this time is not mentioned.
The bus was twenty minutes late.
Special Notes
The Past Simple Tense is generally used with past time expressions, such as yesterday, last (week, month, year, etc) ago, the previous day.
She went to Paris last week.
The ship sank five years ago.
1. It is used for actions completed in the past ast a definite time.
I met her yesterday.
2. It is used when the time is asked about.
When did you meet her?
3. When the action clearly took place at a definite time, even though this time is not mentioned.
The bus was twenty minutes late.
Special Notes
The Past Simple Tense is generally used with past time expressions, such as yesterday, last (week, month, year, etc) ago, the previous day.
She went to Paris last week.
The ship sank five years ago.
High - Idiomatic Expression
High can mean different things when it is used idiomatically. But the basic meaning is 'elevated'.
- high life, high living: luxurious and pleasurable living.
- high noon: 12 o'clock in the middle of the day, then the summer is at its highest.
- to be high (inf.): to be extremely high-spirited after taking alcohol or drugs.
- to be / get on one's high horse: to behave in a proud manner. In a haughty manner or mood; bossy. Larry is on his high horse again, bossing people around.
- high and dry: isolated, stranded.
Jack was left high and dry when he lost all his money.
- high and low: everywhere.
- high-powered: of great vitality, dynamic, intense.
- to be for the high jump (inf.): due to be hanged (for murder).
- fly high: to be full of hope or elation.
His stories began to sell, and he was flying high.
- high on (inf.): enthusiastic or optimistic about; having a favorable attitude toward or opinion of.
- blow sky-high: destroy by explosion, explode.
Once the charge is set, get away fast or you'll be blown sky-high.
- hold one's head high / up: behave proudly; maintain one's dignity.
After the bankruptcy Mr. Jones still held his head high.
Grandma told Brian he could hold his head up because he'd tried extremely hard.
After that newspaper article, I'm not sure I'll ever hold up my head again.
- knee-high to a grasshopper: of very short stature.
I knew you when you were knee-high to a grasshopper.
- in high dudgeon: furiously, resentfully.
He stormed out in high dudgeon.
- ride high: Enjoy success
He's been riding high ever since they made him vice-president.
- stink / smell to high heaven: be of very poor quality; also, be suspect or in bad repute. This expression alludes to something so rank that it can be smelled from a great distance.
This plan of yours stinks to high heaven.
His financial schemes smell to high heaven; I'm sure they're dishonest.
- run high: be intense. This expression, first recorded in 1711, transfers the strong currents or tides that make for high waves to human concerns.
Feelings are running high on the issue of raising taxes.
- high life, high living: luxurious and pleasurable living.
- high noon: 12 o'clock in the middle of the day, then the summer is at its highest.
- to be high (inf.): to be extremely high-spirited after taking alcohol or drugs.
- to be / get on one's high horse: to behave in a proud manner. In a haughty manner or mood; bossy. Larry is on his high horse again, bossing people around.
- high and dry: isolated, stranded.
Jack was left high and dry when he lost all his money.
- high and low: everywhere.
- high-powered: of great vitality, dynamic, intense.
- to be for the high jump (inf.): due to be hanged (for murder).
- fly high: to be full of hope or elation.
His stories began to sell, and he was flying high.
- high on (inf.): enthusiastic or optimistic about; having a favorable attitude toward or opinion of.
- blow sky-high: destroy by explosion, explode.
Once the charge is set, get away fast or you'll be blown sky-high.
- hold one's head high / up: behave proudly; maintain one's dignity.
After the bankruptcy Mr. Jones still held his head high.
Grandma told Brian he could hold his head up because he'd tried extremely hard.
After that newspaper article, I'm not sure I'll ever hold up my head again.
- knee-high to a grasshopper: of very short stature.
I knew you when you were knee-high to a grasshopper.
- in high dudgeon: furiously, resentfully.
He stormed out in high dudgeon.
- ride high: Enjoy success
He's been riding high ever since they made him vice-president.
- stink / smell to high heaven: be of very poor quality; also, be suspect or in bad repute. This expression alludes to something so rank that it can be smelled from a great distance.
This plan of yours stinks to high heaven.
His financial schemes smell to high heaven; I'm sure they're dishonest.
- run high: be intense. This expression, first recorded in 1711, transfers the strong currents or tides that make for high waves to human concerns.
Feelings are running high on the issue of raising taxes.
Dead - Idiomatic Expressions
Dead can mean many different things when it is used idiomatically. The basic meaning is 'no longer living', but there are also other meanings, such as 'complete' and 'exact'.
- dead beat / tired (inf.): extremely tired, exhausted.
- dead drunk: completely drunk.
- to be dead against sth/sb: to be completely against or opposed to that thing or person.
My father is dead against my entire college.
- a dead-end job: a job without prospects.
- to beat / reach/ come to a (total) deadlock: to fail to agree or to compromise or to settle a dispute.
- to be at / reach / come to a dead end: to be at the stage where you cannot make further progress, usually because of problems or difficulties.
- to cut (sb) dead: to ignore sb, treat him as if you do not know him.
- to flog / beat a dead horse (inf.): to waste one's time or efforts.
Explaining grammar to Peter is like flogging a dead horse. He just can't take it in.
- to make a dead set at sb: to make a deliberate attack on sb, often with words.
- to wait for a dead man's shoes: to wait for an advantage which will result from sb's death.
- dead in the water: completely inactive or inoperable; no longer in action or under consideration.
Our plans to expand the business have been dead in the water for the past two months.
- dead to rights: in the very act of committing a crime, offense, or mistake; red-handed.
- dead from the neck up: stupid or unintelligent.
- dead to the world: unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk.
- knock (so) dead definition: to put on a stunning performance or display for someone.
She knocked us dead with her stunning performance.
- more dead than alive: exhausted, in poor condition. This idiom may be used either hyperbolically or literally.
By the time I got off that mountain I was more dead than alive.
- over my dead body: in no way, under no circumstances. This hyperbolic expression is often used jokingly.
Over my dead body will you drop out of high school.
- dead beat / tired (inf.): extremely tired, exhausted.
- dead drunk: completely drunk.
- to be dead against sth/sb: to be completely against or opposed to that thing or person.
My father is dead against my entire college.
- a dead-end job: a job without prospects.
- to beat / reach/ come to a (total) deadlock: to fail to agree or to compromise or to settle a dispute.
- to be at / reach / come to a dead end: to be at the stage where you cannot make further progress, usually because of problems or difficulties.
- to cut (sb) dead: to ignore sb, treat him as if you do not know him.
- to flog / beat a dead horse (inf.): to waste one's time or efforts.
Explaining grammar to Peter is like flogging a dead horse. He just can't take it in.
- to make a dead set at sb: to make a deliberate attack on sb, often with words.
- to wait for a dead man's shoes: to wait for an advantage which will result from sb's death.
- dead in the water: completely inactive or inoperable; no longer in action or under consideration.
Our plans to expand the business have been dead in the water for the past two months.
- dead to rights: in the very act of committing a crime, offense, or mistake; red-handed.
- dead from the neck up: stupid or unintelligent.
- dead to the world: unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk.
- knock (so) dead definition: to put on a stunning performance or display for someone.
She knocked us dead with her stunning performance.
- more dead than alive: exhausted, in poor condition. This idiom may be used either hyperbolically or literally.
By the time I got off that mountain I was more dead than alive.
- over my dead body: in no way, under no circumstances. This hyperbolic expression is often used jokingly.
Over my dead body will you drop out of high school.
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